I speak and teach on the topic of digital ethics, and help my clients realise the value of good-hearted tech in all endeavors. I apply a human rights perspective to the field of human-computer interaction, showing how it's possible to build tech that promotes wellbeing, or resist when it doesn't.
This week, Apple launched a new physical product aimed at keeping track of your belongings: AirTag [https://www.apple.com/airtag/]. These are small round tiles that you can attach to keys, bags and vehicles, allowing you to see where they are on a map. They also introduce a risk...
A chart to help guide moral considerations in the tech space.
Balancing what's remote and what's nearby with planetary health When I started working as a web designer at Ericsson in 1998, glocal was a buzzword. "Think global, act local" the managers would exclaim. In essence it asks that we consider the global impact of...
Once we recognise digital harm as a form of abuse it becomes clear how the same patterns of victim-blaming that we see in all abusive relationships tend to be repeated.
Hey friend, What a year it's been. For many: devastating. For many: healing will take time. And at a time when families come together to share traditional experiences, many won't. The unfamiliar is overwhelming. And exhausting. It's okay — expected even — to feel tired, low-spirited,...
A rarely talked about field of research, known as keystroke dynamics, involves identifying individuals based on how they type on a keyboard. It's getting better, and also easier for anyone to implement.
Zoom is a nine-year old company with growing pains. When I mention that I don’t use Zoom people tend to respond: “well they’ve fixed all their problems now”. Yes, they started fixing some of the problems they had for nine years after the flood of criticism started… not...
My talk from UX Copenhagen earlier this year – First, design no harm –is now online. It’s an emotional talk that takes its start in a story of abuse and the systems that support that abuse. As designers we have the power to abuse, but how aware are we of...
Many companies, media outlets and bloggers enjoy sharing YouTube videos on their sites. The problem is that YouTube sets a tracking cookie (for marketing purposes) by default. This poses all kinds of problems when it comes to GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive – because generally people have not consented to this...